Brigard Urrutia

Banking and Financial Services

Partner

María Fernanda is a partner in the Banking and Financial Services team; she joined the firm in 2021. She is a lawyer admitted to practice law in Colombia and in the State of New York. She advises clients in domestic and cross-border financial, banking and capital markets transactions, representing companies, investors, banks, funds, multilaterals and other entities in all types of financings, including project, acquisition and corporate financings, syndicated credit agreements, debt offerings and refinancings. She advises domestic and foreign clients in day-to-day financial, banking and securities regulation, derivatives, contracts and corporate matters.  She is also experienced in M&A and private equity matters.

English, Spanish and French

María Fernanda is a member of the International Advisory Board of Duke University School of Law, the ABA and NYSBA and has participated in international publications like Getting the Deal Through and national publications such as articles in the national newspaper La República.

Lawyer from Universidad de los Andes Postgraduate degree in Capital Markets Law from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana LL.M and Business Law Certificate from Duke University School of Law